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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FLDERAL RE3ERVF SYSTTli
G.16

. December 3 , 1?57
CONSIG-m INST.'IMENT CREDIT AT COMSRClAL" BANKS.
OCTOBER 1957

Consumer i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t h e l d by .commercial banks
amounted t o [-12,729 m i l l i o n a t t h e end o f O c t o b e r , 0 9 1 m i l l i o n •
above t h e p r e c e d i n g month-end.. The O c t o b e r e x p a n s i o n r e f l e c t e d
i n c r e a s e s i n each t y p e o f c r e d i t , b u t p r i n c i p a l l y i n a u t o m o b i l e
and o t h e r consumer goods p a p e r . .
E x t e n s i o n s o f c r e d i t during O c t o b e r w e r e 0 6 l m i l l i o n
l a r g e r t h a n i n t h e ' p r e c e d i n g month as a r e s u l t o f i n c r e a s e s i n .
a l l t y p e s o f c r e d i t . T o t a l e x t e n s i o n s were about 5 p e r c e n t
above a y e a r a g o .
Consumer I n s t a l m e n t C r e d i t a t Commercial Banks
( e s t i m a t e s . I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )
Amounts o u t s t a n d i n g
Change f r o m :
O c t . 3 1 , Month ;i Year
ago j ago
1957

Type o f c r e d i t

automobile paper
Purchased
Direct
O t h e r consumer r o o d s p a p e r
R e p a i r and m o d e r n i z a t i o n l o a n s
Personal- loans
Total

Oct.

1957

Volume extended
Change from:
Month
Yea

!

!
•

1,002

j
j
I

1^69

2,L59

2,165
.

+ 30
+ 1
+ 33
+ 17
+ 10

+
+
+

Ll8
279
130

,+

60=

+

220

369
231
280
108
309

+1,123 1,300

12^729

+ 15
+ h

+to
*h0

+ 2i

-50

•13

- 3
+ 20

+ 61

+_56

+ 5.

Federal-Reserve- D i s t r i c t :
;

Boston--'.
I:evr York
- Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmo-nd
Atlanta
. Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San ' F r a n c i s c o




662

+ 5

/6y

+ 5

677
619
890

: i i:

2,201.

1^966
563
L22
,
I
I

570
722
2,0L0

+ 13
+ 6

+UI4.

+ 5

59

190
119

86
52

+ 3

86

+ 5

65

90
9h

+ h
- 3

217

220

+ 28

+ 3

+ 2
+ 2

0
+ 12

70
213
86

60

62
lOli

85

62
79193

-2h
+ 12
+ 6

U7
- 1
+ 3
+ 3

+ 7
+ 12
+ 13